The Snake Pit
US (1948): Drama
Virginia Cunningham (Olivia de Havilland) finds herself in a state insane asylum... and can't remember how she got there. In flashback, her husband Robert (Mark Stevens) relates their courtship, marriage, and her developing symptoms. The asylum staff are not demonized, but fear, ignorance and regimentation keep Virginia in a state of misery, as pipesmoking Dr. Mark Kick (Leo Genn) struggles through wheels within wheels to find the root of her problem. Then a relapse plunges Virginia back into the harrowing 'Snake Pit'... Other cast members in this ahead-of-its-time gem include Celeste Holm, Helen Craig, Leif Erickson, Beulah Bondi, Lee Patrick and Natalie Schafer. (IMDb)
6 nominations, 1 Award
· Best Sound Recording 1948: 20th Century-Fox Sound Department
· Best Picture 1948: Anatole Litvak & Robert Bassler, producers (20th Century-Fox)
· Actress 1948: Olivia De Havilland
· Directing 1948: Anatole Litvak
· Writing (Screenplay) 1948: Frank Partos, Millen Brand
· Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1948: Alfred Newman